air strike

noun

: an attack in which military airplanes drop bombs
The strategy calls for air strikes on key targets.

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Hamas forced Yarden to be filmed while a fellow Israeli captive was coerced into telling him that his wife and sons had been killed by an Israeli air strike. Caitlin McFall, FOXNews.com, 4 Apr. 2025 On December 8th, an air strike on a tent in the Nuseirat refugee camp killed at least five people, including two parents and two children. Ayesha Khan, The New Yorker, 17 Mar. 2025 Another air strike flattened a residential building in the Bureij refugee camp, killing at least nine. Ayesha Khan, The New Yorker, 17 Mar. 2025 Palestinian group Hamas said on Friday the remains of Shiri Bibas appear to have been mixed with other human remains from the rubble after an Israeli air strike hit the place she was held in. Reuters, USA TODAY, 22 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for air strike

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“Air strike.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/air%20strike. Accessed 25 May. 2025.

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